我們一起來看看compare這個詞的用法:
compare…with; compar…to; compared with/to
compare…with意為“把……與……相比”,側重指兩者間的區別。
如:Compare this car with that one, and you will find the differences between them.
把這輛汽車與那輛汽車相比較,你就會發現它們之間的區別。
compare…to…意為“把……比作……”,著重注意兩者間的相似點。如:
This song compares our country to a big family.這首歌把我們的國家比作一個大家庭。
compare既可以單獨用作及物動詞,也可用作不及物動詞。用作不及物動詞時,以compare with…形式出現,表示“與……相比”。如:
Living here can’t compare with living in Shanghai.在這兒生活不能和在上海(生活)相比。
If you compare the two words, you can tell the difference between them.
如果你比較這兩個單詞,你就會辨別出它們之間的不同。
compared with…和compared to…都可用作狀語,意義基本相同,可互換。如:
Compared to/with him, you are lucky. 與他相比,你是幸運的。
It was a small town then, compared to/with what it is now. 和現在比起來,那時它還是個小鎮。
附:.表示“把……與……比較”,通常用 compare……with……,但在現代英語中,也可用 compare……to……,或者用 compare……and……。如:
If you compare his work with [and] hers, you’ll find hersis much better. 要是把他倆的工作比較一下,就會發現她的好得多。
Having compared the new dictionary with [to] the old one, he found the new one more helpful. 將新舊詞典比較之后,他發現新詞典更有用。
Compared with [to] many women, she was indeed veryfortunate. 和許多女人相比,她的確算是很幸運的了。